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A man wanted in connection with three shootings that left two people dead and another injured in South King County this month was arrested today at a Kennewick home, according to Federal Way police. Bernard Bellerouche, 27, was taken into custody without incident for investigation of first-degree murder in connection with a May 7 shooting, police said….

Thousands of Puget Sound area grocery workers gave notice late Friday that they will strike if a new labor deal is not reached by a Monday 7 p.m. deadline. About 21,000 workers for Albertsons, Fred Meyer, Safeway and QFC stores in King, Kitsap, Pierce, Snohomish, Thurston and Mason counties would take part. If the strike goes…

Seattle Police say they used GPS tracking software on a robbery victim’s iPad to find the stolen device and one of two men suspected of taking it Saturday night in Freeway Park. The male victim was walking through Freeway Park in downtown Seattle just before 11 p.m., when two men approached and asked for a cigarette,…

Three people are dead in an avalanche just outside the Stevens Pass ski resort, and a snowboarder was killed in another avalanche in an out-of-bounds area in the Alpental Valley at Snoqualmie Pass, authorities said. Earlier Sunday, the King County Sheriff’s Office said two were dead and as many as eight were missing in the Stevems…

An Anacortes man in his early 50s was struck by a trooper’s vehicle early Sunday after the man lost control of his car and was ejected onto Highway 20 near the Deception Pass bridge, the State Patrol said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. The State Patrol said the incident began when a trooper saw a Toyota Celica that was being driven…

There is not points to locate on the map Two people suffered life-threatening injuries after being shot while near a nightclub south of downtown Seattle early today, according to Seattle police. Police responded to reports of shots fired in the 1900 block of First Avenue South around 3:30 a.m. Before they arrived, two gunshot victims — men…

There is not points to locate on the map A 20-year-old Seattle woman was shot and killed at a home here early today, according to Redmond police. Officers responded to a report of “unknown trouble” around 3:30 a.m. in the 16800 block of Northeast 97th Street. While on their way they received a report that a woman had been shot. She was…

There is not points to locate on the map A man shot by a King County Sheriff’s deputy Saturday near Auburn was unarmed, sheriff’s spokeswoman Sgt. Katie Larson said Sunday. The deputy and an accompanying corrections officer shot the man after he reached for what they feared was a weapon, according to the sheriff’s office. The man, believed to be about…

Click here to read the latest updates on this story Pierce County sheriff’s deputies say they believe Josh Powell, the husband of a Utah woman who has been missing since 2009, and their two young boys were killed in a home explosion in Graham on Sunday afternoon. A case worker dropped the boys off at Powell’s home…

Seattle Police are looking for two men suspected of robbing a woman at her home and pistol whipping her husband nearby early Sunday. The woman told police that around 3:30 a.m., she heard a knock on the front door of her home, in the 5800 block of Renton Avenue South. Police said she peeked out a window, told…

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